Turbo, Fan Always Kicks In?

[aa120n]

everytime i go out in my turbo, it's fine but if i ahve to wait at some traffic lights or anythin, the red light with the fan comes on, and it wont go off til i turn the car off. even if i'm takin it steady down a long road. also the temperture gauge needle doesn't move from the middle of the gauge when this happens.

does anyone have any idea's?

also it sems to be idle-ing quick, but not all the time.

[daktari]

Providing the engine temp gauge is behaving normally i would suspect the fan sensor is faulty.

[BLOODUK]

Just have the fan come on all the time like most of us have , keeps the engine bay and intercooler that bit cooler , the turbo likes it too

Best to talk to the experts on how to do this though, i think its just a case of removing the wire from the sensor under the engine grill lid.

[jerry phipps]

Just have the fan come on all the time like most of us have , keeps the engine bay and intercooler that bit cooler , the turbo likes it too 

Best to talk to the experts on how to do this though, i think its just a case of removing the wire from the sensor under the engine grill lid.

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Thats right mate. By disconnecting the plug from the fan you will cause the fan to permanently run constantly. This is meant to be good for the car. A lot of turbo owners do this as one of there first mods to help keep the turbo cool.

jerry!!

[Bibbs]

check the ECU error codes to see what the issue is ..

[Jesus]

Are we mixing up radiator fans and intercooler fans here?

[aa120n]

i can change it so the fan is on all the time, but don't that annoy you havin the red light on all the time?

[Bibbs]

i can change it so the fan is on all the time, but don't that annoy you havin the red light on all the time?

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The red light shouldn't come on with the fan ..

The red light means something is wrong. The fan means something is hot.

[dawolf]

Yeah I was gonna say that, I don't get any red light come on when the fan activates. It should only kick in when the temp gauge gets near halfway.